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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was perceived as the enemy by sects forming in the 1820's to the 1840's?
(a) Progressivism.
(b) The Yankee middle class.
(c) The Government.
(d) The Atheists.

2. What building did Kirk use for the Fourth Presbyterian Church meetings?
(a) St. Michael's Church.
(b) Notre Dame Church.
(c) North Dutch Church.
(d) St. Andrew's Church.

3. What did Kirtland predate?
(a) Utah.
(b) New York.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Florida.

4. What religious upbringing did Elijah have?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Calvinist.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Mormon.

5. What did Joseph Smith tell Matthews when they first met?
(a) That he wanted to found a new state.
(b) That progressivism was evil.
(c) That he knew who he was.
(d) Smith told Matthews of his visions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompted Albany's commercial revolution when Matthews tried his luck there?

2. What did Sarah's death spark in Elijah?

3. What did Elijah's partners in the prostitute mission do after Sarah's death?

4. What did Matthews do after abandoning his family?

5. Who did the Scot church stress led the family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Matthews' life take a turn for the worse around 1816?

2. What did Kirk establish after his dismissal?

3. What did Matthews denounce?

4. What did Elijah do in 1820 and why was this significant?

5. Who was Reverend Abraham Pierson and what was he instrumental?

6. Who was Isabella van Wagenen?

7. How did Joseph Smith feel about Matthias and what did he do after a sermon?

8. What happened in Sarah's life in mid-June 1830?

9. What happened at the end of June, 1830?

10. What did the Anti-Burgher Secession Church stress and de-emphasize?

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